TODAY is the fifth day of You Are The Judge - which puts ECHO readers into the shoes of Liverpool’s Crown Court judges. Every day this week we've given you a scenario around a crime and asked you what you think the sentence should be.

Name: Andrew Lloyd

Age: 33

Offence: Burglary (domestic)

Plea: Guilty

LLOYD observed an elderly couple living in a quiet residential neighbourhood and broke into their house at night, using a screwdriver to go in through a downstairs window.

As he went into the living room he knocked over a vase which fell to the floor, disturbing the couple upstairs who called out and phoned the police.

Lloyd was arrested by the police as he tried to flee the scene and at court pleaded guilty.

The victims were extremely traumatised by the incident. It was said in court they no longer felt safe living alone in their home and had both become withdrawn and depressed.

The incident has badly affected their physical health and they were planning to sell their family home and move to assisted residence.

Lloyd had a history of drug abuse and was under the influence of drugs on the date of his offence.

He has two previous convictions for domestic burglary, two previous convictions for assault (ABH) as well as five convictions for drug-related offending.

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YESTERDAY you got to decide what sentence should be passed on opportunist burglar James Murphy.

Murphy saw an open door in his block of flats, went in and stole a laptop, iPod, jewellery and cash.

He was arrested after being seen by a neighbour but denied the offence and was eventually convicted after trial.

14% of you chose to jail Murphy for 18 months in line with the sentencing guidelines issued to judges.

The judge jailing Murphy told him: "Although I note that this offence was committed on impulse and you did not cause any damage to the property, you stole items of a significant degree of economic and sentimental value to the victim and therefore this offence caused greater harm.

"The starting point for a category two case is one year’s custodial sentence.

"You have recent previous convictions for burglary offences and I consider this to be a significantly aggravating factor that results in an increase to the starting point.

"I have taken into account the fact that you are the sole carer for your mother who has significant health problems.

"However, I consider that this offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence is justified."